Tebowmania may have captivated the NFL last season, but Tim Tebows new team doesnt believe that hes a savior.

More than a dozen Jets players and members of the organization painted a sobering picture of the player who rallied the Broncos to the playoffs last season. In their eyes, hes simply not very good.

The prevailing thought in the organization is that Tebow is nothing more than a gimmick.

Hes terrible, a defensive starter told the Daily News.

Although Tebow told The News last month that he has made improvements as a quarterback over the past few months, none of the people in the organization who spoke to The News shared that sentiment.

Both offensive and defensive players admitted that they hadnt noticed any appreciable improvement in Tebows quarterback skills in practice since he was traded to the Jets in March. Tebow has been a poor practice player throughout his career. His current teammates echoed sentiments from Denver Broncos players a year ago about the lefthanded signal callers poor practice performance.

Despite Mark Sanchezs league-low 52% completion rate and league-high four red-zone interceptions, the players believe he should remain the starter over Tebow, who has accounted for only 132 total yards and averaged seven offensive snaps per game. Rex Ryan has backed Sanchez without publicly guaranteeing that he will be the starting quarterback for the rest of the season.

Left guard Matt Slauson, who has repeatedly supported Sanchez, made it clear that the fourth-year signal caller is the Jets best quarterback.

Its not even close, Slauson said. All the other quarterbacks know it. I have all the confidence in Mark. We dont really have a choice.

Kinda sad really. Looks like the culture of losing is pretty cemented in the Jets locker room. Slauson is garbage, who is he to talk. I would be (happily) surprised if we see Tebow start any game with the Jets this season..

I wasn’t able to watch Tebow much, except nationally televised games, as Broncos aren’t shown in our area. Having said that, he seems to have performed quite well. As for this year, he only gets 3 or 4 touches per game, always on running plays, so it is no way to judge.

He’s got a can-do attitude though that seems to get him good results - in that way, reminds me of Doug Flutie.

I don’t think the Jets were ever a good fit for Tebow. Jet’s fans are too cynical

Sanchez threw the notion out there this last weekend that his “rhythm” was being thrown off, an obvious jab at bringing in Tebow from time to time.

The reality is Sanchez was never a good QB to begin with. He played one season at USC as stater, and while competent there was nothing in his game to suggest he was special. The 2008 USC Trojan team was a defensive juggernaut with a great running game. Never bought into the Sancehz hype.

Why speak out about this if Sanchez is so much better? If he is so great, then it will show on the field. Why does he feel the need to criticize Tim and Greg? I love Tim’s attitude. And Greg is probably the smartest guy in the Jets locker room.

Greg called them out as a team last year. The Jets players are not team players. That has to be strange to both backup QBs who came from real teams in college. Everything at Florida and Bama revolved around team.

“Despite Mark Sanchezs league-low 52% completion rate and league-high four red-zone interceptions, the players believe he should remain the starter over Tebow, who has accounted for only 132 total yards and averaged seven offensive snaps per game.”

What strikes me most about this article is the utter lack of class and team discipline. You simply DO NOT talk trash about your teammates outside of The Family, even if the “trash” is true.

In fairness, this article only quotes two Jets players, and one of them was a particular poltroon for remaining anonymous. But that’s two too many. The coaches need to kick some butts and, IMO, suspend the player who spoke on the record for one game.

Unless your QB is Brady or Manning or Marino, or etc., the list is too long to list. And the Jets were not a subpar team until recently. Many (not just Footsie Ryan) had them pegged to go at least to the playoffs, if not the SB over the past couple of years.

Why don’t you look at my post again? I was specifically speaking of his teammates, not of the NFL in general, and I DO believe part of it is that he makes his teammates uncomfortable with his open confession that Jesus Christ is Lord. It’s their problem, not his, but it DOES color their perception of him. The NBA is much worse, IMHO.

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posted on 11/14/2012 12:08:12 PM PST
by jagusafr
(the American Trinity (Liberty, In G0D We Trust, E Pluribus Unum))

Hey,the Jets are the arch-enemies of the Patriots so I have no love for them but...with the way the Jets are going with Sanchez what’s the worst that can happen if Tebow takes the snaps for the rest of the season? I guess they could lose!

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posted on 11/14/2012 12:17:00 PM PST
by Gay State Conservative
(Benghazi: What Did Baraq Know And When Did He Know It?)

I don't get why Tebow is even the issue. Why is this a story? So what if an unnamed player said Tebow is horrible? Maybe he is - does that account for the Jets lousy record?

I don't recall any football experts who said, when Tebow went to the NYJ, that he was the answer as starting QB. I don't know of any football experts who would seriously claim that he's the reason for their failure. Yet this makes up the essence of the Jets/Tebow stories: "Yeah, the Jets stink...And that Tebow is REAALLLY BAD, so they'd really suck if they gave him serious playing time!" Why go out of your way to take a potshot at a guy who's had little or nothing to do with the team's record?

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